MPs react to BAE job losses
MPs in East Yorkshire have said they are 'shocked and devastated' over news that BAE Systems in Brough are to axe 400 jobs.
900 people work at the site, the vast majority on the production of the Hawk jets. The jobs will be phased out over a two year period starting next year..
The redundancies are part of a steamlining exercise across the business. Around 2000 jobs will go throughout the UK with support and service roles also affected at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.
Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson said the announcement was 'extremely bad' for the UK defence industry.
Emma Hardy MP for West and Hessle said the decision to make 400 people redundant was 'devastating for workers and their families' and that her thoughts were with them today.
She has made calls for the Government to act by ordering more Hawk Jets for the Red Arrows to help protect jobs at the Brough site.